workshop was organised to provide an opportunity for a more detailed discussion by a group of leading health policy analysts of … competition’ is being touted as the answer to the weaknesses in their health care systems. …

Research held on 7-8 March 2002 to explore key policy issues facing Australia's health sector. The Roundtable drew together … thirty leading practitioners and analysts on health policy issues. The topics covered included international developments in … health policy, cost pressures in health care systems, access and service delivery, supplier-induced demand and occupational …

game condition. Meanwhile, humans are known to show a social stress response during face-to-face social interactions, which … might affect economic behaviors. Furthermore, it is known that there are individual differences in a social stress response … capacities of social memory. In the present study, we investigated the acute effects of social stress- induced free cortisol (a …

The economic cost of the U.S. health care system goes beyond the cost of prescription drugs, doctor office visits and … being an industrialized economy. The high health care costs drive jobs, human capital and technology to countries where … wages and health care costs are lower as companies attempt to survive. This holistic perception to health care cost is a …

In this paper, I examine the impact of employer-provided health benefits on job turnover. Because many employer … whether the worker's spouse provides the family with health benefits. If a worker's spouse has an employer-provided health … insurance for their family, the worker will value employment offers with and without health insurance benefits differently than …

The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and … implications of these changes for the nature and consequences of competition in health care markets. In this paper we summarize the … nature of the changes in the structure of the health care industry. We will focus on the markets for health insurance …

between private hospitals, doctors and the health insurance funds; and . draws attention to a number of policy issues germane …

public sector interventions, notably reproductive health and immunization, supported by external assistance from the World …

GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF … REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO … ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …